One of the most unique features of the Collaborative Translation Platform is the ability to allow an entire community to translate documents together.

There are currently two separate community document phase types. This document will go over the Community phase type. This type allows multiple translators to work on different portions of the same document at the same time.

The other phase type is the Self-Assigned phase type. In the Self-Assigned type, translators still choose the documents they want to work on, but only one translator works on a given document at a time. For more information about this phase type, see the Self-Assigned Project Tutorial.

Overview

The Community phase type lets translators choose which documents to work on, and lets multiple translators translate a document at the same time.
Community phases will appear under "Community Documents" on the Dashboard for all translators who have added the appropriate language pair to their profile.

Community Translation Interface

In the Community Translation Interface, translators can vote for the best existing translation or add their own.

The top box is for entering a new translations. Translators enter a translation here, and then click the plus icon to save the translation and move to the next segment.
Below the top box are the translations submitted by other translators. If one of these translations is correct, then a translator can vote for that translation instead of adding their own.

Community Project Creation

Create a Community Phase Template

Because none of the default Translation Process templates include Community phase types, you will need to create a new template before starting your first community project.

1. Open the Phase Template page by clicking in the Admin Menu > Manage Projects> Phase Templates
2. Click "New Template" to create a new phase template

1. Give the template a name (something like "Community Translation and Review")
2. Add as many phases as you would like in your template
   • Additional non-Community phases can be added before or after Community phases. For example, you could add an Assigned phase after a Community phase, to allow an in-house translator to review the work of community translators.
3. Click "Save"

When you create a new project or add new documents to a project, you will now be able to apply this template, which applies the set of phases that you saved. Documents created with community templates will immediately become available to the community for translation.

Creating a Project
Additional, more in-depth instructions on how to create a new project can be found at Project Manager User Guide